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REGIONS - NORMANDY - CAEN Meeting of 6 documents -Two...

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REGIONS - NORMANDY - CAEN Meeting of 6 documents -Two very rare publications that have remained anonymous until now, from 1750, in the wake of the Enlightenment in the city "with ten booksellers": PATRIOTIC REFLECTIONS ON THE MEANS TO EMBELLISH THE CITY OF CAEN. 1750, In-4, uncut, sewn, 15 pp. beautiful vignette with fleurs de lys (woodcut) on title page, slightly soiled, small stamp with the number (purple ink) OBSERVATIONS OF A SECOND PATRIOT ON EASY WAYS TO REPAIR THE CITY OF CAEN AND PROVIDE IT WITH THE BENEFITS IT NEEDS. 1750, In-4, untrimmed, sewn, 15 pp. beautiful vignettes with fleurs de lys (woodcut) on title pages, slightly soiled, small stamp on the number (purple ink) -A Voter's Card or Extract from the List of the Members of the Electoral College of the District of Caen Department of Calvados. Sheet, printed and handwritten, engraved frame Citizen "Lalonde", 1815 -A Gazette of Gazettes, issue of 1776 where it is widely spoken of the GRAVE earthquake of Caen, In-12, stapled, sewn, not trimmed [2]-72 pp. -Circular of an exquisite politeness from the intendant Guynet to the lords who falsify their tax declarations, 1712 He asks them to rectify themselves under penalty of applying the quadruple, which could "throw them into the greatest embarrassment". Bi feuillet, small in folio, [3] pp. Caen, October 1712. Bending and slight central wetness. -HERBAGERS AND HORSE TRADERS OF THE COUNTRY OF CRAON. Ruling of the Parliament declaring the horning and whistling of horses "redhibitory vices". Paris, Simon, 1781 long text, containing, curious detail, the names of the principal horse merchants of the time, mainly of the PLAIN OF CAEN. In-4, not trimmed, in sheet, 15 pp. Provenance: Fonds Saint-Hélion then Bibliothèque de Madame H.